Improvement in advertising-tables



1. m. PLESSNER'. Advertising Table Patented Sept. 28,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

JOHANN MAXIMILIAN PLESSNER, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN ADVERTISING-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,284, datedSeptember 28, 1875; application filed January 21, 1875.

To all whom it may concern l Be it known that I, J OHANN MAXIMILIANPLESSNER, ofLondon, England, have invented an Improved Table-Top forHolding Advertising-Tablets, Photographic and other Views or Devices inSheets, of which the following isa specification: I

The object of this invention is to construct a table-top with spaces inthe surface-for holding tabletssor sheets of advertisements,photographs, 850.7 in sheets, and covering the same with a sheet ofglass so that the devices or advertisements can be seen and read fromabove. Thetable-top is, in most cases, fitted upon a stand so that thetop can be rotated to enable the advertisements to be examined withoutthe observer moving from his position, as exemplified in theaccompanying drawings. a

Figure l is sectional view of a table, and Fig.2 a plan of the topsurface, showing the spaces A, in which the advertisement-tablets orphotographs, in sheets, are tobe arranged.

The ribs B1B divide the spaces and form rests for a sheet of glass, 0,which is retained in position by its edges being within a bezel or ring,D, fastened to the edge of the top base-piece E by screws inserted frombelow. The center of the top base-piece is connected to a pillar-stem,F, supported and kept central by a tube, the stem being held by'ascrew-pin, H, from below, and with the head of the screw-pin bearingslightly againsta shoulder of the tube, as shown. The tube terminates ina foot or base, I, and the ripper part is of annular spread-out shape tosteady M the table-top, and to assist as a bearer for the .rotation inan easy manner. The table-top and the stem rotate as one body in thisplan,

but in Figs. 3 and 4 the stem, as forming part of the top, is dispensedwith, and in'lieu thereof the central portion of the top basepiece isdropped over a pin, and a nut holds it in position, the cavity in whichthe nut takes being covered by a plate or disk to hide the nut fromview.

The pillar J of this table is solid, or it may be hollow for lightness,and has, say, three arms, K K, projecting, which carry rollers L L asbearers for the table-top to be rotated upon. The bezel ring or band D,in this case, is screw-threaded upon its inner periphery, to

piece, so that it, when the glass is in place,

can hold the advertisement-tablets or photo- "removed and others placedin.

The table-top may be of any shape, and any number of spaces can beformed in the top base-piece for grouping the views, designs, or

devices, photographic or others, to be exhibited.

By my invention a series of photographic portraits, say ofa family, canbe displayed at a glance, and a number of persons can examine them atone'time, the table-top being rotated to bring each photograph round tothe observers in succession.

I claim as my invention- As a new article of manufacture, a table havinga suitable transparent top, with spaces for the display ofadvertisements, photographs, or other similar devices, and a base, E,having recesses formed therein to contain said advertisements,photographs, or other similar devices, arranged with capability of beingrotated by means of the tubular portion G, and so constructed that thetop plate may be removed with facility for changing the advertisements,&c.. substantially as shown and described. 7

J. M. PLESSNER.

Witnesses:

H. GARDNER,

E. M. DANIEL,

166 Fleet Street, London.

take overa threaded edge of the top base-

